Gloucestershire Royal Infirmary
Gloucestershire Royal Infirmary
Gloucestershire Royal Infirmary is located in Gloucestershire
Gloucestershire Royal Infirmary
Shown in Gloucestershire
Geography
LocationGloucester, United Kingdom
Coordinates51°51′44″N 2°15′03″W / 51.8622°N 2.2509°W / 51.8622; -2.2509
Organisation
Care systemPublic NHS
TypeGeneral
History
Opened1755
Closed1984
Links
ListsHospitals in the United Kingdom

The Gloucestershire Royal Infirmary was a hospital in Southgate Street, Gloucester.

History

The hospital was originally established at a public house in Westgate Street 1755 but moved to more permanent premises, which were designed by Luke Singleton and erected in Southgate Street, as the Gloucestershire General Infirmary in 1756.[1][2] The Infirmary merged with the Gloucestershire Eye Institution in 1878[1] and, with the permission of King Edward VII, the combined facility became the Gloucestershire Royal Infirmary and Eye Institution in 1909.[2]

On the introduction of the National Health Service in 1948 it was amalgamated with the Gloucester City General Hospital.[1] Queen Elizabeth II, accompanied by Duke of Edinburgh, paid a visit to the hospital during a visit to the city on 3 May 1955.[3] The hospital in Southgate Street closed to in-patients in 1975 and to out-patients in the early 1980s.[1] It was demolished in 1984 and replaced by offices known as Southgate House.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "'Gloucester: Hospitals', in A History of the County of Gloucester: Volume 4, the City of Gloucester, ed. N M Herbert". London: British History Online. 1988. pp. 269–275. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
  2. 1 2 "Gloucestershire Royal Hospital (Southgate Street Branch), Gloucester". National Archives. Retrieved 14 April 2019.
  3. ↑ "Royal Visit to Gloucester". British Movietone. 3 May 1955. Retrieved 14 October 2020.
  4. ↑ Tom Gibbon (16 June 2018). "Huge Gloucester office block fully occupied for first time in almost a decade". Gloucestershire Live. Retrieved 14 April 2019.

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